Killigan Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Killigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Killigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland91:415,91311,811
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States631:797,12249,780

Killigan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Killigan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Killigan is found most in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Killigan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Killigan occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Killigan are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Killigan is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States Killigan is most numerous in: Florida, where 38 percent live, New Jersey, where 25 percent live and California, where 13 percent live. Other than The United States this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 33 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.

Killigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Killigan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Killigan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Killigan
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